BoluwGoldenFarm:
So a kg of groundnut is close to $1

A kg is N420

This is a very good business to start

But can Gnut grow in the west

I know it grows well in Bayelsa state.

Serious inflation in the land, if 100kg is 42k, then 50kg wl be 21k... imagine locally produced groundnut selling at same rate as foreign rice. Same goes for beans.

vibre:
Stop pretending, You know the cause of her death. If you like add your mama join wetin don die don die. Abeg leave your family people make dem enjoy their life to the fullest and go find another career, your people no go die finish because you wan do music by force.

Irresponsible and insensitive.

For your info, Faze is from a very wealthy home. Before plantation boiz blow, his parent was the financial engine room of the defunct group.

Xlyad:
pardon me for the belated reply. This is the number of the seed seller ...

Thank you , i really appreciate.

Guy ur conscience is dead. Never too late to restitute ur ways and do something legitimate for a living.

When the nemesis of your actions start to fall on you, your innocent children and ur generation yet unborn, people will start blaming one step mother and village people and it might be too late then to cry for Mercy.

Xlyad:
you can get all the above seeds at agritropic at Agric junction for the hybrid seeds while the local seedscan be gottenat Iyano Oba; all in Ojo LGA in Lagos State.

Pls, i wl appreciate if I can get the Agric bustop Agritropic contact. I have the one of mile12 but couldn't get all i needed.

fefob19066:

Thanks for your response, but I really want somewhere close

Fortunately he has given u the closest place u can get ur hybrid seeds. From iyana Ipaja u can link up with the address he provided, except they sell carrot, cucumber and onion seeds at ur sango local market.

Banking33:


please how can i get chilli pepper seeds and how much for 10 grams?

can you do waybill to festac side

The Agric junction address he provided is not too far from ur Festac base.

Hmnn...awon eeyan Chyna and Charlotte Flair put together.

olukaygold:
Budget 6-10k

Maybe in real estate/construction site, 10k may be justified but for farm sites, 10k is outrageous.
I cleared my 2acres for 15k.

fefob19066:
Can someone please give me an idea of the average cost to clear a plot of land ? (120ft by 60ft).

I would appreciate some feedback, so I know how to negotiate .
The area is around Ifo, thanks .

If it's a farmland where u still need to pay for bush parking, heaping, planting, seeds/seedlings, treatments(herbicide/weeding, fertilizer, insecticides), negotiate below 5k.

Israel07:

Shariff can get it for you

That's the true spirit of sportsmanship in biz, thumbs up.

jidestroud:

Oga mi, curling of leaves in tomato like every other plant can be chemically induced, biologically or simply response of your plant to your immediate environment. Although, your picture ain't too clear but what did you spray on it?

You also stated the variety planted is platinum right? (Resistant to TYLC virus)

Note: some tomato varieties are notorious for curling .
I once had all my tomato plants curling (variety withheld) out on one occasion. In some cases, there is nothing you can do to stop the curling so long it isn't disease caused.

Very correct boss, i had experienced them too...naturally curly but they were looking very healthy. A clearer pic would have given d best diagnosis. I became skeptical too the moment he mentioned platinum that's why I asked if the leaves are infected in addition to the curling.

chukskafor:
No vex, she no indicate her gender for her profile nau......
Meanwhile, how is your okra biz going, you no go gift me one pack of the seed for planting ?

zie m ozi.

aquadude15:

platinum.
any solution ?

The pic u attached is not very clear, seems there are patches of yellowish infestation on the curled leaves right? If yes then, it's TYLCV.
Most tomato diseases are irredeemable, Just uproot and discard. Step up more preventive measures.

chukskafor:
Baba mama God bless you

CC: lamAsiri

aquadude15:

good morning boss.
I noticed that some of my tomato plants leaves are curling upward like in the pic.
what can be the cause

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus TYLCV . What variety did you plant.

The pix is not enough to justify the topic.

SRC written on their jackets means students representative council, i.e, the legislative arm of the SUG. They are member of same govt, probably going for a meeting. It's just like seeing some member of the house of rep on motion with Buhari .

Farmerakinloye6:
have given driver, he said " he will collect 1k" driver no 08033069070, call Him maybe he can collect #800 naira.

1k to the SE.. that una Ondo driver is very considerate o, Those ones in Osun here they charge nothing less than 2k even if na empty envelope you wan send. Are u using the Ogbese park or the Ado junction along the Benin exp.

kpas4kpas2:





Length depends on size of the your farm,
For thickness, we have 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 thickness.
For spacing, we have 20cm, 30cm n 40cm
Discharging per hour depends on the pressure of you machine. In my farm, its discharges 25,000 liters in 45minutes .
For accessories we have all of them.

You did not get my questions right. Based on the the 35k you quoted...
*What's the length (1km, 1.5km,...) of the drip tape i should be expecting.
*Flow/discharge rate of the inner emitter of the tape. If I put a vessel under the "hole" where d water is dripping, the number of litre that can fill my vessel per hour under a normal pressure.
* Does d 35k u quoted cover the needed accessories like the connectors, end caps..i know it may not cover the mainline.
Most of the specs are always quoted on the label by the manufacturer.

kpas4kpas2:





35k

What are the specifications: length, thickness, spacing, discharge per hr, the accessories etc.

RisenPhoenix1:


Thank you for the advice. Of course I'm sure. I used seedlings that we bought from a nursery, which we planted over a number of evenings with paid labourers (losing many seedlings to crickets before we learnt that we should spray them with insecticides after planting). At about two weeks or so after planting (I can't recall exactly now), they started wilting and drying up. At first, I thought it was normal loss until it became widespread all over the farm. I had a partner who was supposed to be the expert (I'm more of an animal farmer myself) but even he didn't seem to get the problem at first. It was only when we thought of digging up the wilted plants that we started seeing tiny worms hidden inside the root and lower stems, hollowing them out. We were told to use some pellets to put in the soil around the plants, but most of the 10 acres still wilted and grew stunted somehow, and we didn't get our initial investment back (we spent a lot on labour and seedlings, plus we had to spray insecticides for the aphids etc, not to talk of those bloody crickets that used to come and snap off the young seedlings and buds in the night). All in all, we lost that investment, but all business involves risk, I guess.

It will take me some time before I get back to tomatoes. I prefer crops that are less perishable and can be moved faster commercially, like maize or soya, and like I said, I'm more experienced in livestock farming. But it was a good experience. I now think that vegetable farming is best done using hydroponics methods, so I'm trying to learn the ropes first with a very small set up for experimenting. And you're right, in retrospect, one should always start a little at a time...but I've always been a little reckless in business. You win some you lose some. Definitely, not everyone who says he's an expert is, though. That's another lesson I learnt.

So sorry for the loss sir. Alot went wrong
* Definitely those seedlings you bought are not hybrids. They are seeds washed, dried and sold in the open market, 1 congo as low as 2k. Whereas 50g(just half milk tin) of technisem hybrid is around 25k currently.
*Those pellets (nematicides) you applied to the soil are best applied b4 planting not after infestation.
*Regular application of insecticide n fungicide very important.
Thanks for sharing your unpalatable experience, I guess other newbies wl learn from it.

RisenPhoenix1:


No wonder. Where did you get the seeds; if that is not a business secret?

And apart from higher yield, does it have any other special properties like drought or disease resistance? I had almost ten acres of tomato crop wiped out through nematode action about two years ago. Since then, I've kept away from tomato until I learn more about the crop.

Hi,
Ten acres of tomato no be moin moin o. Are u sure of this claim.? Did you use seed that are measured and sold like garri in the open market? guess you failed just.because u did not learn the rope well before venturing into it. Why dint you start small so as to acquire the needed experience b4 starting big. Tomato is not corn that u plant and abandon to carter for itself. You can start all over if u still have the passion. Read alot of thread on tomato in agric section, ask questions, we have lots of liberal minds in agric section that can mentor you.
*Get your nursery right.
*Get ur land preparation right
*Choice of seed is the most important. If you plant good hybrid seed, you cannot lose d whole 10 acres to nematode. There are varieties that are resistant to nematode.
*Right treatments. Try again but this time around start small, less than an acre, with good seed. Wish you all the best.

emmaachile2:

Jarrah average yield is about 7kg while Gamhar is about 8kg from farmers who cultivate them. You can their afrisem live event on Facebook to know more about these products.

I didn't doubt you, i know RZ seeds are good. That is why I said something is wrong somewhere with the farmer who claimed he got 5kg from almost 90 fruits.

aquadude15:

good morning boss.
how is your tomato farm?
I have some little question pertaining my little farm.
1. I have applied furadan to the tomato nursery, is it compulsory I apply velum prime after transplanting.
2. how often should I be spraying fungicide at the nursery and after transplanting.
3. is it necessary I apply ortiva top on my tomato

Boss okoro has dealt well with your questions. Just a few addition.

1. If you don't know how to spot nematode infection the way boss did, and if you are not certain the tom variety is resistant to root knots, then it's better to apply nematicide to be at the safer side.
2. Pertaining to fungal/bacterial and viral diseases in tom as explained by the boss,
*if you are doing dry season farming, always watch out for hybrid tomato seeds that have some level of resistance against TYLCV, is a viral disease transmitted by whiteflies and the likes.
* But if you are cultivating during raining season, watch out for those that have resistant against fulsarium( fol ) and bacteria wilts.
In term of disease resistance, If I want to go for Eastwest seed, I wl prefer padma in mild raining period cos of its fol resistance, and platinum for dry season cos is more TYLCV resistance. There are other seeds varieties that possess both both wet and dry season disease resistance ability that you can make your choice from.

ideepaul:

Boss, you nor for like work for EFCC? ,
I said my own already, quoting figures is not enough to market these products, they won't hear

If truly 90fruits gave about 5kg, then a larger percentage of the fruits did not get to maturity stage, or all the 90fruits have average wt of 50g per fruit which will not be marketable. That's the way I view d thing, i may be wrong tho.

komoland:
@ DeLaRu. Please am interested too, kindly share the tomato variety name, there is a seed variety that a friend told me about which stated can beat platinum in terms of resistance, weight and yield is Jarrah ZR F1 ,a variety of Rijk Zwaan has proven to be the best tomato variety to cultivate in the dry season which i will like to cultivate this dry season, had an average of 80-90 tomato fruits per stand, the average fruit weight per stand was 4.8- 5.1kg.

80 fruits for 5kg seems not to correlate bro. Jarrah f1 can not be less than 120g(min) per fruit. (I even got 120g with cobra f1 that the breeder quoted 80 to 90g.)
80x120 is almost 10kg

DeLaRue:


@ Farmer Akinloye, I have a tomato variety which might be superior to Platinum in a lot of ways.

1. High disease (incl. bacterial wilt) tolerance 2. Shorter plant 3. Bigger fruits (I think) 3. Highly marketable shape & colour 4. Does very well in dry & rainy season 5. High dry matter (very little water content).

Whether it can beat Platinum in terms of yield is what we need to find out.

Would you be interested in doing a side by side planting test? Ideepaul, OluchiDelly, bosagro, jidestroud - are you interested?

I'm willing to give each interested participant 30 free seeds.

I'm in boss. How do I get in touch? I tried sending u a mail years back as regards my cabbage farm, seems u had issue accessing ur mail then.
I hope one can later get it in commercial scale.I have been looking for my favourite cultivar but not in the market at the moment.

emmaachile2:

If you can get this Lancer Acephate 750 SP, or any acephate product, it's used once in a season on the plant. It's the most effective since it's systemic in operation.
If you cant see the above, Use either bifenthrin (Sniper) or Chlorpyrifos. Spray once a week for like 2 weeks.
Make sure you spray underneath the leafs for total elimination of the aphids.

Glad that you returned bro. You ve bn a source of inspiration to NL agro community.